#166A79#166A79

#166A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.078 H 212.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#166A79
RGB	rgb(22, 106, 121)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, -18.30, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 23.82, 219.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% -0.0656 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.078 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9346, 11.8580, 19.9034)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#166A79 #792516

analogous

#167956 #166A79 #163879

triadic

#166A79 #79166A #6A7916

tetradic

#166A79 #561679 #792516 #387916

square

#166A79 #561679 #792516 #387916

split-complementary

#166A79 #791638 #795616

monochromatic

#05171A #0D3D45 #166A79 #1F97AD #30C0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#166A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#166A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #166A79

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##166A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##166A79	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F667A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #166a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 106, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.078 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66959f',
    500: '#166a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #166a79;
$custom-light: #66959f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#166a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48407,
    "c": 0.07821,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#166A79

secondary

#AE4E3D

accent

#563CEC

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #166A79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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